applied brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1970,0406.937
Description: Bronze applied brooch (backplate) with separate leaded gunmetal vertical rim and mercury gilded (leaded) bronze top plate soldered to the bottom plate; remains of iron pin and spring. Repoussé top plate decoration consists of central boss with depressed middle surrounded by a beaded ring which form the centre of a six-pointed star; around the outer edge is a beaded border with a further raised wave border beyond; textile traces.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Mucking, grave 970 cemetery II, inhumations
Materials: copper alloy; lead; gun-metal; gold; iron
Technique: repoussé; gilded
Dimensions: Diameter: 36.50 millimetres; Weight: 7.40 grammes
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1970
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1970,0406.937

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